1.13 million complete vaccination course


A total of 2,364,455 people had received their first Covid-19 vaccine dose as of yesterday, says Health Minister Dr Adham Baba. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, June 6, 2021.

A TOTAL of 1,128,738 individuals have completed the two-dose Covid-19 vaccination course as of yesterday, said Health Minister Dr Adham Baba.

Adham, on his Twitter account today, said a total of 2,364,455 people had received the first dose, bringing the total number of doses administered in the country to 3,493,193.

He said Selangor recorded the highest number of individuals who completed both doses at 145,970 people, followed by Sarawak (119,306), Perak (105,525), Kuala Lumpur (101,821) and Johor (98,276).

Meanwhile, as of yesterday, a total of 52.3% or 12,683,764 individuals have registered for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, with Selangor recording the highest number of registrations at 3,353,308 people.

The first phase of the programme, from February to April this year, involved 500,000 front-liners, including healthcare personnel.

The second phase, from April until August, will involve 9.4 million people comprising senior citizens, vulnerable groups and people with disabilities, while the third phase, from May this year to February 2022, will involve individuals aged 18 and above, both citizens and non-citizens, totalling 13.7 million people. – Bernama, June 6, 2021.


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